SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.36 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; one pellet above and two pellets below diadem ties / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to right, šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr to left of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Saeedi AV5; Sunrise 740. Lightly toned, traces of underlying luster, light die rust on obverse. EF.
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